Bhagavatapurana 10.69.13.p2

10.69.13.p2

taṃ sannirīkṣya bhagavān sahasotthita-śrī- $ paryaṅkataḥ sakala-dharma-bhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ &

14. On seeing the sage the glorious Lord, first among those that observe all the rules of Dharma, instantly rose from His splendid cot, bowed at his feet with His head adorned with a crown and with folded hands requested him to occupy His own seat. 15. Though the supreme father of the Universe, the Lord, being the first example of the righteous, washed the sags's feet and bore that water on His head: so to Him alone most appropriate and full of import is the appellation Brahmanya Deva (God who is devoted to the welfare of the Brahmin); for, the waters that wash His feet become Ganga, the holiest of waters.